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Where an e-learning architect can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an e-learning architect already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

E-learning architects establish goals and procedures for the application of learning technologies within an organisation and the creation of an infrastructure that supports these goals and procedures. They review the existing curriculum of courses and verify the online delivery capability, advising changes to the curriculum to adapt to online delivery.

Also known as e-learning architects, distance learning designer, e-learning specialist, eLearning architect, eLearning developer, eLearning designer, distance learning expert, e-learning designer, distance learning specialist, e-learning expert, distance learning architect.

Professionals 51 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: e-learning developer, 48%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from e-learning architect, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an e-learning architect already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An e-learning architect needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

develop e-learning plan management skills
standards for web-based e-learning information and communication technologies (icts)
digital game genres arts and humanities
e-learning software infrastructure information and communication technologies (icts)
instructional design models education
learning management systems business, administration and law
develop digital educational materials communication, collaboration and creativity
e-learning education
analyse the context of an organisation information skills
design information system communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an e-learning architect does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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E-learning architect is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an e-learning architect’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.